Seal-press identification



July 311, 1923. 1,463,322

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Tire" f'ifei'i" MARSHALL H. JACKSON, OF CHICAGO, ILIiINOISiZ sEAn-rRnss IDENTIFICATION. d

7 Application filed lebruary 26,1923. Serial No. 621,226.

clusion of identification means for indicating the nature or subject of the legend which the seal is formed to print or einboss.

The general purpose of the invention is the provision of identification means in association with a seal press. The custom among persons dealing in seal presses is to purchase them in large quantities and it is an object of this invention to provide means v whereby the handling of seals by dealers may be facilitated. This invention approaches the problem by making the character of the die or the legend thereof ascertainable without operating the seal.

7 Another object is'the provision of identification means in association with the seal press which will readily permit of changes to accord with changes in the impression dies, which may be replaced at any time without disturbing the label holder or operating parts of the seal, which will be so related to the seal as to be prominent but unobtrusive, and so arranged in association with certain elements of the press that the latter will coaet with the holder to retain the identifying member within the holder.

Specifically the invention provides identification means for seal presses of the type shown in Patent No. 1,346,150 of May13,

shown in Fig. 1 a side elevation of the seal press with the operating handle secured in depressed position by the locking dog, and, indotted lines, the position of the locking dog when raised. to release theoperating handle.

., Fig. 2 is a front view illustrating the arrangement of the identification-means. p

. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side view showing the normal position and relation of the han tile and locking ldog when the handle is raised; and v 1 Fig. 4 illustratesthe preferred manner of attaching the identification frame or holder to the seal press.

Referring to the drawings'the numeral 1 designates the locking dog of the seal press 1 fulcrumed at 2 between the flanged side walls of the operating'lever or handle 3, said operating lever being fulcrumed upon a p1ntle 5 between the cheeks of the jaw 9.-

The locking dog is provided with shoulders 6 and 7 which abut against the jaw c0nnecting bar 8; The shoulder 6 holds the lever in locked positionor closed when abutting against the connecting bar, the shoulder 7 limiting the upward swing of the lever when the dog is raised and out of locking position. The dog is provided with a finger piece 10 for convenience in handling.

A frame or holder 11 is attached to the spacedcheeks ofthe jaw 9 by rivets 13 or other. suitable means, the frame being provided with marginal grooves 14, 15 and 16,

formedp'referablyby bending the side and 7 bottom edges back towardthe front face of thefframe. 'The frame as thusconstituted forms a pocket open at the top and at the front, adapted to receive a flat identification member or tag 17.; This tag may consist of a sheet of paper, cardboard or the like properly inscribed, or it may consist of a metal sheet or plate suitably embossed, engraved or otherwise marked to denote the legend of the'seal. jaw in such relation -to the locking dog 1 that the forward portion and finger p'iece 10 of the latter overlie and form a closure for the upper open side of the holder and It will be observedthat the tag will be re- The holder 11 is attached to the tained in the holder even when the dog is unlocked and raised because therelease and This is the only way identifying ineinconsequent upward movement of the lever j lever and slipping the tag out her. or tag may be inserted or removed with- 7 out destroying it. It is unnecessary in removing or replacing the tag to open the mar ginal pockets of the holder, or to remove or replace the holder. Changes in the identifying tag may then be made as often as may be desired.

Iclaim: w v I p 1. The combination with an impression seal having an operating handle and a look ing dog at the forward end of the handle, of a holder open at the top and an identification tag adapted to fit in said holder, the

holder being positioned directly under the locking' dog; and in such relation thereto that the dog will retain the tag Within the holder.

2. The combination with a seal press having an adjustable member projecting at the MARSHALL n. Morison. 

